McCammon State Bank Building · Photo: Ntsimp · CC0Earning a living in McCammon
About one in ten stay in McCammon for work; outside it, Pocatello is the main destination (24%, 21 miles). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers; Idaho has 13%. Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average; Idaho averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where McCammon stands out on work
Many jobs in McCammon pay little
40% of the jobs based in McCammon pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
McCammon and Pocatello trade workers both ways
Pocatello is the top workplace for McCammon residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in McCammon come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
McCammon workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Idaho. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 272 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in McCammon
311 jobs are based in McCammon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McCammon, 2013 → 2023: 347 → 311. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs McCammon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where McCammon’s working residents head each day
Where McCammon clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long McCammon spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McCammon workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 354 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Idaho: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How a workday changes McCammon
On a workday 245 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 284 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from McCammon
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in McCammon: questions
What is the median household income in McCammon?
$66,250 (±$13,807) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McCammon?
4.8%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McCammon?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McCammon work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pocatello (24%, 21 mi), Lava Hot Springs (8%, 9 mi), Idaho Falls (7%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McCammon without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McCammon, from the people who make the trip.
More of McCammon
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.